Disney dining plan.

Having now limited my research on YouTube, I am now concentrating on food and the Disnay Dining Plan.  The more I have watched the more confused I am getting.  The first videos I watched concentrated were on "Is the Disney Dining Plan value for money?".  I am not sure why? as the Dining Plan was included in our booking for free.  Value for money isn't that much of an issue as making sure that we minimise the additional cost for food.  Our last visit to Disney World staying in the port Orleans Riverside we spent over £1,500 on food.  This visit we are on the standard dining plan, which gives us a table service meal, a quick service meal and two snacks per nights stay.  I had initial concerns that we would have to buy breakfast, but with the free drinks mug and a snack that will do us. 

The next approach was on reviews of restaurants.  This was very hit or miss.  Some people loved  certain restaurants and others hated them.  It was very difficult to get any kind of consensus. There one or two that had universally good reviews - Be My Guest for example.

Now I am looking at videos along the lines of  "What I ate on my Disney World trip".  These have caused my head to hurt. What I have learnt so far is;

1. There are an awful lots of places to eat. As well as all the parks their is Disney Springs and all the resorts.
2. There are a huge range of snacks/meals available.
3. Not everything is available everywhere
4. Some of the snacks are the size of a meal.
5. There is something to suit everyone.
6. You could spend all your holiday, travelling around Disney just to get to through a list of meals or snacks.
7. In certain restaurants there seems to be a very limited choice for vegetarians. (There is one in our party that we need to consider).

My research has allayed my fears (we have one kid who is quite fussy and likes plain food and the other is a grazer and one of the party is a vegetarian) that we will not go hungry.   Rather than going crazy trying to plan our snacks and Quick Serve meals, I have formulated a plan that we will all make out a list of things we would like to try and we will work through the list as and when we are in the vicinity.

As for the Table Service meals we have booked the main ones we wish to do, particularly the meet the characters, and will book the rest over the next week or so.  The only problem now is that there is such a choice we may not be able to fit it all in in two weeks.  Ah well, I suppose that will be another Disney World holiday in the forthcoming years!